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Two Tricyrtis and Three Samurai Lords　ホトトギス２種

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 These are tricyrtis macropoda and tricyrtis formosana 'samurai' (maybe....😅). I saw the fi...

Ginkgo or Passion Flower - That's the Question　イチョウの花、トケイソウの花

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 What's this? A ginkgo flower? To me, it looks like a passiflora caerulea or common passion flow...

Snake Gourd and Bottle Gourd　蛇瓜（ヘビウリ）と瓢箪

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Wow!! It's long, isn't it? This is a snake gourd I saw at Mukojima Hykkaen Garden , Tokyo. ...

Prime Minister Suga is "Uncle Pancake"!　菅首相はパンケーキおじさん！

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 This is a "pancake" I found on the ground😁 Oops sorry! This is a mushroom I found at Muk...

Is New Japanese Prime Minister Abe's Ex-"Wife"?　菅は安倍の「女房」？

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 If you want to know why Columbo, read through this post!  なぜコロンボ？ If you like, or are interested in...

Aulacophora Nigripennis on Bottle Gourd　クロウリハムシとヘチマ

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 I've been observing trees which I believe are bottle gourd for the last month to obtain evidenc...

Inro (Medicine Case)　菊花蝶象嵌印籠

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 This white case, 6cm long and 3cm wide, is an "inro" or medicine case with chrysanthemum ...

Sontaku - We Trust You to Wear Mask...　忖度 - マスクしてね！

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 On September 7, a man was removed from a flight in Japan. He refused a "request" from the airline to wear a mask, r...

Ofuku (Netsuke) & Okonomiyaki (Japanese Savory Pancake)　阿福（根付）とオタフクソース

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 This 3cm sculpture is netsuke carved from ivory titled "Ofuku." Ofuku is the female versi...

Japanese "Cup" Sake - "Shinomine (Nara)" and "Bikini Girl (Aomori)"

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 I'm Japanese, but didn't like cold Japanese sake. It was too sweet for me😱. But the extrem...

Bug, Bug, Bug!!　虫がいっぱい！

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Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。 I see flowers everyday, but most of them are dying or dead. Instead, I've seen many bugs recent...